After a clip of Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil’s 45-minute interview on Al-Mayadeen TV December 26 circulated on social media and news outlets, a statement from Bassil’s office clarified this issue and reported that it was “clear that the purpose of this edited version is to distort Minister Bassil’s position, which is known to be that Israel is an entity that practices state-terrorism. “
المكتب الاعلامي للوزير باسيل: يتم التداول فِي الاعلام وعلى وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي بمقطع مجتزأ للوزير باسيل في مقابلة مع محطة الميادين، حيث الواضح ان الهدف من هذا الاجتزاء هو تحريف موقف الوزير باسيل وتشويهه، وهو الموقف المعروف من اسرائيل ككيان معتد يمارس ارهاب الدولة
— Gebran Bassil (@Gebran_Bassil) December 28, 2017
“It is also known who is behind this campaign, who presented it to television and organized it in an effort to strike at Bassil’s position at the Arab League on the issue of Jerusalem,” the statement affirmed.
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